- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Title:
- Rodolfo Alonso Correspondence and Photographs
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1v53k061v
- Dates:
- 1910-2016 (mostly 1953-2016)
- Size:
- 6 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-6
- Language:
- , , and
Abstract
Rodolfo Alonso is an Argentine poet, translator, essayist, and editor. The collection includes Alonso's correspondence with various Latin American writers including Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Juan Gelman, Augusto Roa Bastos, Juan José Saer, Ernesto Sábato, Lêdo Ivo, Hector Tizón, Edgar Bayley, António Ramos Rosa, Milton de Lima Sousa, and Claudio Magris. In addition, the collection includes photographs of Alonso throughout his career with many Latin American figures as well as a personal collection of his family and travels.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection includes Alonso's correspondence with various Latin American writers including Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Juan Gelman, Augusto Roa Bastos, Juan José Saer, Ernesto Sábato, Lêdo Ivo, Hector Tizón, Edgar Bayley, António Ramos Rosa, Milton de Lima Sousa, and Claudio Magris. In addition, the collection includes photographs of Alonso throughout his career with many Latin American figures as well as a personal collection of his family and travels. Some highlights found in the photographic portion of the collection include early photographs (mid 1950s) of Alonso and his Poesía Buenos Aires colleagues.
- Arrangement
Organized into the following series: Series 1: Correspondence, and Series 2: Photographs.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchase, 2013 (AM 2013-52).
Purchase, 2016 (AM 2017-59).
- Appraisal
Nothing was removed from the collection during the 2015 and 2017 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez with assistance from Kristine Gift and Noga Zaborowski in July 2015. Finding aid written by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in July 2015. Findind aid was updated in August 2017.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Rodolfo Alonso Correspondence and Photographs; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1v53k061v
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-6
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Argentine literature -- Argentina -- Tucumán.
Argentine literature. -- 20th century
Argentine poetry. -- 20th century
Authors and publishers -- 20th century. -- Correspondence
Latin American literature.
Latin American literature. -- 20th century
Latin American poetry. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence -- 20th century
Translations. -- 20th century
photographs -- 20th century. - Names:
- Aguirre, Raúl Gustavo (1927-1983)
Alonso, Rodolfo
Andrade, Carlos Drummond de (1902-1987)
Armani, Horacio.
Bayley, E. (Edgar) (1919-1990)
Carrol, Jorge
Casasbellas, Ramiro de
Gelman, Juan (1930-2014)
Ivo, Lêdo
Magris, Claudio
Rosa, António Ramos
Sábato, Ernesto R.
Saer, Juan José
Sousa, Milton de Lima
Tizón, Héctor
Walsh, María Elena - Places:
- Argentina -- Intellectual life. -- 20th century
Argentina -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- French influences.
Argentina -- Intellectual life. -- Periodicals -- 20th century